23He said, 'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'


In Context

20 and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed — 'I am not the Christ.'

21 And they questioned him, 'What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, 'I am not.' — 'The prophet art thou?' and he answered, 'No.'

22 They said then to him, 'Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'

23 He said, 'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'

24 And those sent were of the Pharisees,

25 and they questioned him and said to him, 'Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'

John 1:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:23John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.' "

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:23He said: I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, |I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.